Details
The brief was to supply a comprehensive building automation and high-performance AV system to all of the building’s communal areas as well as design and deliver a high-performance 20-seater home cinema. The areas the plan had to cover were extensive including the large basement cinema, reception/orangery/WC’s, library, restaurant/WC’s, restaurant terrace, bar, club room, east garden terrace, espresso bar/arrival/WC’s, meeting room, cinema bar, gym, treatment room (1 and 2), pool/sauna/steam rooms, changing rooms. We also fitted a high-performance golf simulator.
The Challenges
One of the biggest challenges on this project was to build an automation system that is so simple to use that any member of staff is able to control every aspect and achieve the results required with little or no training. Staff turnover in this market can be quite high so the system had to be able to cope with staff who might be very new at the site as well as more established staff members. Intuitive, simple, but powerful, was the requirement.
The Solution
The entire home is serviced with high-performance audio-visual experiences designed to make visiting or living at Riverstone Fulham, a joy. Often referred to ‘Baby Boomers’ the cohort of people which make up the majority of the residents and the target market for the project love music and movies and the system has been designed to complement their tastes, priorities and lifestyle. The system also makes provision for expansion of the AV system into areas external and internal should the clients and customers request it. The bespoke created interface between the music streaming service and the RTI system as well as the in-house created simple to use GUI are the cherries on the top of this project which Prestige firmly believes to be the best AV and control system ever installed in an MDU project, and certainly the best ever installed in a project aimed at the over 65s, often an overlooked group of customers in our sector.
The Outcome
Perhaps the most impressive part of the build is the 20-seat home cinema. Full equipped with a high-performance Dolby Atmos system, Prestige says it is one of the most uncompromised cinemas the company has ever built anywhere and argues it is certainly the best cinema every installed in a ‘retirement home’. As well as being a high-performance home cinema, it also has several features to assist those with hearing issues so that can access a different audio track that makes dialogue clearer. The space can also be used a lecture theatre for presentations and special events.
